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| Value | Definition |
|---|---|
| H2O | Body of water |
| af | Artificial fill (latest Holocene) |
| Qfp | Flood-plain and stream-channel deposits (Holocene and late Pleistocene) |
| Qty | Younger terrace alluvium (late Pleistocene) |
| Qto | Older terrace alluvium (middle Pleistocene) |
| Qtt | Oldest terrace alluvium (middle Pleistocene) |
| Qfy | Younger fan alluvium (Holocene and latest Pleistocene) |
| Qac | Undivided alluvium and colluvium (Holocene and late Pleistocene) |
| Qfo | Older fan alluvium (middle Pleistocene) |
| Qp | Pediment deposits (middle Pleistocene) |
| Qc | Colluvium, undivided (Holocene and late Pleistocene) |
| Qdy | Younger debris-flow deposits (Holocene and late Pleistocene) |
| Qsw | Sheetwash deposits (Holocene and late Pleistocene) |
| Qls | Landslide deposits (Holocene and late Pleistocene) |
| Qta | Talus deposits (Holocene and late Pleistocene) |
| Qdi | Intermediate debris-flow deposits (middle Pleistocene) |
| Qdo | Older debris-flow deposits (early? Pleistocene) |
| Qlo | Loess (late and middle Pleistocene) |
| Tga | Green River Formation, Anvil Points Member (Eocene) |
| Tw | Wasatch Formation (Eocene and Paleocene) |
| Kmv | Mesaverde Group rocks, undivided (Upper Cretaceous) |
| Value | Definition |
|---|---|
| 24 | af |
| 8 | Qfp |
| 38 | Qty |
| 34 | Qto |
| 40 | Qtt |
| 1 | Qfy |
| 3 | Qac |
| 217 | Qfo |
| 218 | Qp |
| 2 | Qc |
| 61 | Qdy |
| 5 | Qsw |
| 4 | Qls |
| 36 | Qta |
| 44 | Qdi |
| 65 | Qdo |
| 37 | Qlo |
| 45 | Tga |
| 62 | Tw |
| Value | Definition |
|---|---|
| contact, certain | Observed contact |
| map boundary, | Boundary of mapped area |
| water boundary | Boundary of a body of water |
| scratch boundary | Location scratch boundary |
| Value | Definition |
|---|---|
| 25 | contact, certain, water boundary, and map boundary |
| Value | Definition |
|---|---|
| Qlo | Loess (late and middle Pleistocene) |
| (blank) | unknown |
| Value | Definition |
|---|---|
| contact, concealed | Concealed contact whose position is inferred |
| f.a., monocline, certain | Monoclinal fold axis whose position is known |
| f.a., monocline, concealed | Concealed monoclinal fold axis whose position is inferred |
| Value | Definition |
|---|---|
| bedding | Bedding orientation |
| vert bedding | Bedding orientation whose dip is 90 degrees |
| Range of values | |
|---|---|
| Minimum: | 30 |
| Maximum: | 90 |
| Units: | degrees |
| Resolution: | 10 |
| Range of values | |
|---|---|
| Minimum: | 101 |
| Maximum: | 117 |
| Units: | degrees |
| Resolution: | 1 |
| Value | Definition |
|---|---|
| 3 | vert bedding |
| 1 | bedding |
The authors acknowledge the assistance of G.N. Green in preparation of the digitized version of this geologic map.
To provide to the public a digital geologic map database of the Rifle 7.5 minute quadrangle.
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ARC/INFO export files Description of coverage ri8.e00 line and polygon data set ril.e00 loess polygon data set ristr.e00 structure data setin format ARCE (version 7.x) |
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